1 Notes

2 Descriptive Statistics

2.1 Sample Size

2.1.1 10 years of residence

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2.1.2 Sample Size: citizenship

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2.2 Outcome Variable: Political Interest

  • 1 as very interested, 4 as not at all

2.2.1 Absolute Value (Political Interest)

2.2.2 Gap with Native Citizens (Political Interest)

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2.3 Outcome Variable: Politics are complicated

  • 1 as never, 5 as frequently

2.3.1 Absolute Value (Political Sophistication)

2.3.2 Gap with Native Citizens (Political Sophistication)

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2.4 Outcome Variable: Difficult to make political decisions

  • 1 as very difficult, 5 as very easy

2.4.1 Absolute Value (Political decisions)

2.4.2 Gap with Native Citizens (Political decisions)

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2.5 Outcome Variable: Subjective Financial Situations

2.5.1 Absolute Value

2.5.2 Gap with Native Citizens (Subjective Financial Situations)

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2.6 Outcome Variable: Employment

  • 1 as employed, 0 as unemployed

2.6.1 Absolute Value (employment)

2.6.2 Gap with Native Citizens (employment)

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2.7 Outcome Variable: General Trust

  • “Most people can be trusted or you can’t be too careful”
    • 0 as can’t be too careful, 10 as most people can be trusted

2.7.1 Absolute Value (Trust)

2.7.2 Gap with Native Citizens (General Trust)

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2.8 Outcome Variable: People being fair

  • “Most people try to take advantage of you, or try to be fair”
    • 0 as most people take advantage, 10 as most people are fair

2.8.1 Absolute Value (People being fair)

2.8.2 Gap with Native Citizens (People being fair)

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3 Regression Models for Different Outcomes

3.1 Political Interest

Dependent variable:
polintr poli.gap
Abs Gap
(1) (2)
CIVIX -0.107*** -0.007
(0.037) (0.036)
Age -0.009*** -0.009***
(0.002) (0.002)
Ethnic Minority 0.050 0.079**
(0.040) (0.039)
Female 0.183*** 0.180***
(0.035) (0.034)
Born in EU -0.189*** -0.166***
(0.012) (0.012)
Citizen -0.103** -0.066
(0.043) (0.042)
citizen -0.128*** -0.070*
(0.042) (0.041)
Constant 3.675*** 0.901***
(0.071) (0.069)
Observations 2,776 2,776
R2 0.120 0.101
Adjusted R2 0.117 0.099
Residual Std. Error (df = 2768) 0.915 0.899
F Statistic (df = 7; 2768) 53.722*** 44.498***
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

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3.2 Politics are Complicated

Dependent variable:
polcmpl polcmpl.gap
Abs Gap
(1) (2)
CIVIX -0.005 -0.095**
(0.046) (0.047)
Age -0.004** -0.005**
(0.002) (0.002)
Ethnic Minority 0.197*** 0.207***
(0.051) (0.051)
Female 0.353*** 0.341***
(0.044) (0.044)
Born in EU -0.192*** -0.181***
(0.015) (0.015)
Citizen -0.238*** -0.190***
(0.054) (0.054)
citizen -0.038 -0.030
(0.053) (0.053)
Constant 3.861*** 0.730***
(0.090) (0.090)
Observations 2,683 2,683
R2 0.104 0.092
Adjusted R2 0.102 0.090
Residual Std. Error (df = 2675) 1.143 1.144
F Statistic (df = 7; 2675) 44.375*** 38.837***
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

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3.3 Difficult to make decisions abotu politics

Dependent variable:
poldcs poldcs.gap
Abs Gap
(1) (2)
CIVIX -0.130*** -0.063
(0.041) (0.041)
Age -0.005*** -0.005***
(0.002) (0.002)
Ethnic Minority 0.101** 0.109**
(0.045) (0.045)
Female 0.273*** 0.264***
(0.039) (0.039)
Born in EU -0.191*** -0.180***
(0.014) (0.014)
Citizen -0.247*** -0.265***
(0.048) (0.048)
citizen -0.086* -0.094**
(0.047) (0.047)
Constant 4.057*** 0.896***
(0.080) (0.080)
Observations 2,670 2,670
R2 0.114 0.106
Adjusted R2 0.112 0.104
Residual Std. Error (df = 2662) 1.009 1.013
F Statistic (df = 7; 2662) 48.946*** 45.181***
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

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3.4 Subjective Financial Situations

Dependent variable:
hincfel hincfel.gap
Abs Gap
(1) (2)
CIVIX 0.083** -0.033
(0.034) (0.033)
Age 0.003* 0.002*
(0.001) (0.001)
Ethnic Minority 0.216*** 0.251***
(0.037) (0.036)
Female 0.016 0.011
(0.032) (0.032)
Born in EU -0.151*** -0.128***
(0.011) (0.011)
Citizen -0.381*** -0.256***
(0.039) (0.039)
citizen -0.043 -0.021
(0.038) (0.038)
Constant 2.574*** 0.475***
(0.066) (0.065)
Observations 2,713 2,713
R2 0.144 0.102
Adjusted R2 0.141 0.100
Residual Std. Error (df = 2705) 0.833 0.820
F Statistic (df = 7; 2705) 64.770*** 44.109***
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

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3.5 Employment

Dependent variable:
employ employ.gap
logistic OLS
Abs (Logit) Gap
(1) (2)
CIVIX 0.013 -0.012
(0.137) (0.012)
Age 0.002 0.0003
(0.006) (0.0005)
Ethnic Minority 0.017 -0.0003
(0.147) (0.013)
Female 0.101 0.008
(0.130) (0.011)
Born in EU 0.016 0.001
(0.044) (0.004)
Citizen 0.384** 0.010
(0.174) (0.014)
citizen -0.114 -0.010
(0.152) (0.013)
Constant 2.012*** -0.043*
(0.262) (0.023)
Observations 2,787 2,787
R2 0.002
Adjusted R2 -0.001
Log Likelihood -864.945
Akaike Inf. Crit. 1,745.890
Residual Std. Error 0.292 (df = 2779)
F Statistic 0.605 (df = 7; 2779)
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

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3.6 General Trust

Dependent variable:
ppltrst ppltrst.gap
Abs Gap
(1) (2)
CIVIX -0.129 0.181**
(0.093) (0.092)
Age 0.013*** 0.012***
(0.004) (0.004)
Ethnic Minority -0.031 -0.131
(0.102) (0.101)
Female -0.242*** -0.247***
(0.089) (0.088)
Born in EU 0.205*** 0.151***
(0.030) (0.030)
Citizen 0.194* 0.124
(0.109) (0.108)
citizen -0.043 -0.099
(0.106) (0.105)
Constant 4.189*** -0.622***
(0.180) (0.179)
Observations 2,768 2,768
R2 0.030 0.020
Adjusted R2 0.027 0.018
Residual Std. Error (df = 2760) 2.322 2.308
F Statistic (df = 7; 2760) 12.130*** 8.198***
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

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3.7 People being fair

Dependent variable:
pplfair pplfair.gap
Abs Gap
(1) (2)
CIVIX -0.249*** 0.068
(0.092) (0.090)
Age 0.007* 0.007*
(0.004) (0.004)
Ethnic Minority -0.127 -0.205**
(0.101) (0.098)
Female -0.004 -0.023
(0.088) (0.086)
Born in EU 0.182*** 0.126***
(0.030) (0.029)
Citizen 0.118 0.049
(0.107) (0.105)
citizen 0.079 -0.060
(0.104) (0.102)
Constant 4.696*** -0.535***
(0.178) (0.174)
Observations 2,745 2,745
R2 0.022 0.012
Adjusted R2 0.020 0.009
Residual Std. Error (df = 2737) 2.281 2.229
F Statistic (df = 7; 2737) 8.975*** 4.711***
Note: p<0.1; p<0.05; p<0.01

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